St. Louis globe-democrat vol. 2 no. 25

A HUSBAND'S VENGEANCE.
The Death of Parley B. Pratt, an Early Mormon Apostle—A Mormon Account of a Tragedy Which is of Historical Interest—The Proposed Exodus from Utah to New Mexico and Arizona. From the New York Sun.
Mrs. McLean, the innocent cause of the as-sassination of Parley B. Pratt, was a native of Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to New Orleans, where she married Hugh McLean. Some few years after their marriage they moved to San Francisco, Cal. There for the first time Mrs. McLean became acquainted with the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as Mormons; and she was eventually convinced of the truth of their teachings. She obtained the consent of Mr. McLean to be baptized, and she joined that Church.
For years prior to her becoming a Mormon she had led a life of untold misery and wretchedness. Her husband was not only an inebriate, but possessed a violent and cruel temper—so much so, that she often feared for her life. All these persecutions she continued to endure like a true Christian mother, for the sake of her poor children; for how could she abandon them to the sole care of so un-natural a parent, entirely void of sensibility and mercy?
Mrs. McLean had never seen P. P. Pratt until some time after her connection with the Mormons. Her first acquaintance with him was in 1855. He was residing in California with his wife; and no intimacy existed be-tween Mrs. McLean and Mr. Pratt other than would naturally arise between members of the same Church. Although Mr. McLean gave his consent for her to join the Mormons and receive the ordinance of baptism (some-thing the Mormons never permit without the consent of the husband), he took advantage of that circumstance to persecute her still more than formerly. He forbade her men-tioning Mormonism in his presence, or sing-ing any of their hymns.
DOMESTIC INFELICITIES.
On one occasion he came home late at night and found her singing a Mormon hymn, which so exasperated him that he put her into the street and locked her out. She durst not leave the house, and staid close to it until a gentle-man came along with whom she was acquaint-ed. She solicited his protection, and he took her to his own home. In the morning she wrote a note to P. P. Pratt, asking his coun-sel. He advised her to go to a respectable boarding house, and engage her board and lodging at McLean's expense, and she did so. But only a few days elapsed before McLean sent a mediator to prevail with her to return to her home, telling her the children were in-consolable. A mother's love prevailed over every other consideration, and she returned to her home and resumed the charge of his house and children, but was never a wife to him after.
She remained with him but a short time, when he committed an act which entirely separated them forever. She had sent her children to school one morning as usual, but when the time came for their, return they came not and she grew very anxious. When McLean came home she informed him of their absence, and requested him to go in search of them; but he very contemptuously told her that she would never see her children again; that he had sent them to New Orleans. She instantly fainted, and remained in fainting fits ail night.
When Mrs. McLean regained her reason sufficiently to control herself, she resolved at all hazards to go to New Orleans. Her children were two boys and a girl, the oldest only nine years old. Her husband had sent those children at that tender age the long distance from San Francisco to New Orleans, without any protection, solely in the care of strangers. He sent them to Mrs. McLean's parents, pretending that he was afraid she would run away with the Mormons and take her children with her.
Mrs. McLean again and again besought her husband to furnish her with means to go to her children, but he persistently refused. When all hopes failed of obtaining the means from him, she informed some of her acquaint-ances of her deplorable condition, and they generously proffered her the money to bear her expenses to New Orleans. When McLean learned that, his pride forbade that she should accept assistance from strangers, and he gave her the required amount and let her go, but with strict orders to her parents not to let her have any intercourse with her children ex-cept under a trusty guard. Her parents, believing his accusations against her, carried out his injunctions to the very letter. She was not allowed to even converse with her children, without some person being present
IN SALT LAKE CITY.
This state of affairs could not long be en-dured; her health failed her, and she felt that she could not survive the approaching sum-mer in that hot climate; so she obtained the consent of her parents and set out for Utah. When she arrived in Salt Lake City there was no one in the place she was acquainted with except P. P. Pratt and wife. She therefore went to their residence, and requested them to give her a home with them, until she re-gained her health; which favor they readily granted. When her health was sufficiently established, she engaged to teach Brigham Young's school. He has a school-house on his premises, and employs teachers expressly for his own family.
This school she taught for years, but she could not be happy. Her mother's heart yearned for her children. Finally Mr. Young told her she had better return to New Orleans and try to gather children, and she concluded to do so. Mr. Young then went to Mr. Pratt and requested him to go to the States on busi-ness and accompany Mrs. McLean and another lady, Mrs. Sayers, across the plains. Mrs. Sayers was going back after her aunt. Mr. Pratt was very loth to go, he seemed to have a presentiment of evil, but consented. He accompanied the ladies to St. Louis, where they separated.
Mrs. McLean and Mr. Pratt agreed to cor-respond occasionally, in order to arrange the time for reaching the frontier on their return, as Mrs. McLean was anxious to meet Mr. Pratt, so that she could be sure of a reliable friend to accompany her back across the plains; and their correspondence led to the fatal tragedy. Through some of Mr. McLean's secret agents their letters were intercepted and their appointed meeting discovered.
Mr. McLean reached the frontier just after Mrs. McLean had arrived. She had man-aged to get her two youngest children. The oldest, a boy, she never saw after he left Cal-ifornia. Her relatives had sent him to Ohio to school before she left New Orleans, and she never heard of him afterward.When McLean met his wife he tore the children from her, while they clung to her in frantic grief, and sent them back. To retain his wife he had a writ served on her, and he sent her under guard to Fort Smith. McLean then went in pursuit of Mr. Pratt and had a writ served on him for petit larceny; and he, too, was taken to Fort Smith. The accusa-tion was stealing the children's clothes. It was all a sham, for Pratt had not been near New Orleans, neither had he seen the children or their clothes.
THE DEATH OF PRATT.
McLean could prove nothing against Pratt whatever to justify holding him in duress, and he was released. After he was discharged, McLean got two other men of his own stamp to go with him, and pursued their victim un-til they came to a small bit of woods, where they discharged their firearms, but not one ball pierced the apostle. Then one of the as-sassins jumped from his horse, caught Mr. Pratt's horse by the bridle, and held it while McLean pulled him down to the ground and stabbed him to the heart. A man who resided near by happened to be in sight, and witnessed the bloody scene. After the assassins had left he went over to Mr. Pratt, and found hiin still living and able to speak. He said he was not suffering, felt no pain at all, but was thirsty. Two hours afterward he died.
Mrs. McLean was also released from custo-dy, no charge being proved against her. She subsequently returned to Salt Lake City, and resumed her former occupation of teaching school. Her son Albert (one of those she started with for Utah) came to visit her, and remained with her until her death, which took place in November, 1874. She was a woman of unblemished character, one who feared God and strove to keep his commandments, and who was willing to sacrifice all that could be required for her religious faith. MeLean ended his cruel and bloody career by a miser-able death.
Parley P. Pratt was an apostle in the Mor-mon Church, revered and honored by his brethren of the same faith. He was esteemed and respected by all good people with whom he was acquainted, whether Mormons or oth-erwise. As for the Mountain Meadow mas- sacre being perpetrated by the Mormons to avenge the death of Pratt, the story is entire-ly without foundation. The testimony driven at the Lee trial, in Beaver, ought to satisfy any reasoneble person of that.
OFF FOR NEW MEXICO.
Unprincipled traducers of Brigham Young have put in circulation untruthful reports that the Mormons are mixed up with the New Mexico fraud. This is only another scheme of their enemies to raise prejudice and persecution against our our people. The Mormons are the last people on earth who would have any connection with any ring outside of their own Church. It would be entirely the reverse of all their former pro-ceedings and faith. The leaders are always counseling the people against mixing up and dealing with outsiders. They seen to fear what they call Gentiles, and well they may, for they have received so much injustice at their hands that the less they can have to do with them the better. And that is on; reason why they are moving to Arizona and New Mexico.
So many outsiders have moved into Salt Lake City and the surrounding settlements that the Mormons are anxious to get away from them and their corruptions. They pre-fer to dwell with the untutored savage nther than with those who are continually striving to stir up strife, jealousy and discord. The main object of the outsiders in the Terriory is to get the Mormon's possessions. The Mormons came to the Territory and found it a barren desert; they have endured every hard-ship and privation that humanity is capable of, and they have made the desert bud and blossom like the rose; and now, when they have reared themselves comfortable homes, their enemies have again become envious of their prosperity.
But, judging from appearances, the Mor-mons intend to baffle their persecutors by moving away, and thus improve the chance while they have an opportunity of disposing of their property, so as to deprive their ene-mies of the fulfillment of their covetous ex-pectations.
The Ring business is all a hoax, set afloat for the sole purpose of frustrating the Mor-mons in their proposed move.

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A HUSBAND'S VENGEANCE.
The Death of Parley B. Pratt, an Early Mormon Apostle—A Mormon Account of a Tragedy Which is of Historical Interest—The Proposed Exodus from Utah to New Mexico and Arizona. From the New York Sun.
Mrs. McLean, the innocent cause of the as-sassination of Parley B. Pratt, was a native of Pennsylvania. Her parents moved to New Orleans, where she married Hugh McLean. Some few years after their marriage they moved to San Francisco, Cal. There for the first time Mrs. McLean became acquainted with the doctrine of the Latter Day Saints, commonly known as Mormons; and she was eventually convinced of the truth of their teachings. She obtained the consent of Mr. McLean to be baptized, and she joined that Church.
For years prior to her becoming a Mormon she had led a life of untold misery and wretchedness. Her husband was not only an inebriate, but possessed a violent and cruel temper—so much so, that she often feared for her life. All these persecutions she continued to endure like a true Christian mother, for the sake of her poor children; for how could she abandon them to the sole care of so un-natural a parent, entirely void of sensibility and mercy?
Mrs. McLean had never seen P. P. Pratt until some time after her connection with the Mormons. Her first acquaintance with him was in 1855. He was residing in California with his wife; and no intimacy existed be-tween Mrs. McLean and Mr. Pratt other than would naturally arise between members of the same Church. Although Mr. McLean gave his consent for her to join the Mormons and receive the ordinance of baptism (some-thing the Mormons never permit without the consent of the husband), he took advantage of that circumstance to persecute her still more than formerly. He forbade her men-tioning Mormonism in his presence, or sing-ing any of their hymns.
DOMESTIC INFELICITIES.
On one occasion he came home late at night and found her singing a Mormon hymn, which so exasperated him that he put her into the street and locked her out. She durst not leave the house, and staid close to it until a gentle-man came along with whom she was acquaint-ed. She solicited his protection, and he took her to his own home. In the morning she wrote a note to P. P. Pratt, asking his coun-sel. He advised her to go to a respectable boarding house, and engage her board and lodging at McLean's expense, and she did so. But only a few days elapsed before McLean sent a mediator to prevail with her to return to her home, telling her the children were in-consolable. A mother's love prevailed over every other consideration, and she returned to her home and resumed the charge of his house and children, but was never a wife to him after.
She remained with him but a short time, when he committed an act which entirely separated them forever. She had sent her children to school one morning as usual, but when the time came for their, return they came not and she grew very anxious. When McLean came home she informed him of their absence, and requested him to go in search of them; but he very contemptuously told her that she would never see her children again; that he had sent them to New Orleans. She instantly fainted, and remained in fainting fits ail night.
When Mrs. McLean regained her reason sufficiently to control herself, she resolved at all hazards to go to New Orleans. Her children were two boys and a girl, the oldest only nine years old. Her husband had sent those children at that tender age the long distance from San Francisco to New Orleans, without any protection, solely in the care of strangers. He sent them to Mrs. McLean's parents, pretending that he was afraid she would run away with the Mormons and take her children with her.
Mrs. McLean again and again besought her husband to furnish her with means to go to her children, but he persistently refused. When all hopes failed of obtaining the means from him, she informed some of her acquaint-ances of her deplorable condition, and they generously proffered her the money to bear her expenses to New Orleans. When McLean learned that, his pride forbade that she should accept assistance from strangers, and he gave her the required amount and let her go, but with strict orders to her parents not to let her have any intercourse with her children ex-cept under a trusty guard. Her parents, believing his accusations against her, carried out his injunctions to the very letter. She was not allowed to even converse with her children, without some person being present
IN SALT LAKE CITY.
This state of affairs could not long be en-dured; her health failed her, and she felt that she could not survive the approaching sum-mer in that hot climate; so she obtained the consent of her parents and set out for Utah. When she arrived in Salt Lake City there was no one in the place she was acquainted with except P. P. Pratt and wife. She therefore went to their residence, and requested them to give her a home with them, until she re-gained her health; which favor they readily granted. When her health was sufficiently established, she engaged to teach Brigham Young's school. He has a school-house on his premises, and employs teachers expressly for his own family.
This school she taught for years, but she could not be happy. Her mother's heart yearned for her children. Finally Mr. Young told her she had better return to New Orleans and try to gather children, and she concluded to do so. Mr. Young then went to Mr. Pratt and requested him to go to the States on busi-ness and accompany Mrs. McLean and another lady, Mrs. Sayers, across the plains. Mrs. Sayers was going back after her aunt. Mr. Pratt was very loth to go, he seemed to have a presentiment of evil, but consented. He accompanied the ladies to St. Louis, where they separated.
Mrs. McLean and Mr. Pratt agreed to cor-respond occasionally, in order to arrange the time for reaching the frontier on their return, as Mrs. McLean was anxious to meet Mr. Pratt, so that she could be sure of a reliable friend to accompany her back across the plains; and their correspondence led to the fatal tragedy. Through some of Mr. McLean's secret agents their letters were intercepted and their appointed meeting discovered.
Mr. McLean reached the frontier just after Mrs. McLean had arrived. She had man-aged to get her two youngest children. The oldest, a boy, she never saw after he left Cal-ifornia. Her relatives had sent him to Ohio to school before she left New Orleans, and she never heard of him afterward.When McLean met his wife he tore the children from her, while they clung to her in frantic grief, and sent them back. To retain his wife he had a writ served on her, and he sent her under guard to Fort Smith. McLean then went in pursuit of Mr. Pratt and had a writ served on him for petit larceny; and he, too, was taken to Fort Smith. The accusa-tion was stealing the children's clothes. It was all a sham, for Pratt had not been near New Orleans, neither had he seen the children or their clothes.
THE DEATH OF PRATT.
McLean could prove nothing against Pratt whatever to justify holding him in duress, and he was released. After he was discharged, McLean got two other men of his own stamp to go with him, and pursued their victim un-til they came to a small bit of woods, where they discharged their firearms, but not one ball pierced the apostle. Then one of the as-sassins jumped from his horse, caught Mr. Pratt's horse by the bridle, and held it while McLean pulled him down to the ground and stabbed him to the heart. A man who resided near by happened to be in sight, and witnessed the bloody scene. After the assassins had left he went over to Mr. Pratt, and found hiin still living and able to speak. He said he was not suffering, felt no pain at all, but was thirsty. Two hours afterward he died.
Mrs. McLean was also released from custo-dy, no charge being proved against her. She subsequently returned to Salt Lake City, and resumed her former occupation of teaching school. Her son Albert (one of those she started with for Utah) came to visit her, and remained with her until her death, which took place in November, 1874. She was a woman of unblemished character, one who feared God and strove to keep his commandments, and who was willing to sacrifice all that could be required for her religious faith. MeLean ended his cruel and bloody career by a miser-able death.
Parley P. Pratt was an apostle in the Mor-mon Church, revered and honored by his brethren of the same faith. He was esteemed and respected by all good people with whom he was acquainted, whether Mormons or oth-erwise. As for the Mountain Meadow mas- sacre being perpetrated by the Mormons to avenge the death of Pratt, the story is entire-ly without foundation. The testimony driven at the Lee trial, in Beaver, ought to satisfy any reasoneble person of that.
OFF FOR NEW MEXICO.
Unprincipled traducers of Brigham Young have put in circulation untruthful reports that the Mormons are mixed up with the New Mexico fraud. This is only another scheme of their enemies to raise prejudice and persecution against our our people. The Mormons are the last people on earth who would have any connection with any ring outside of their own Church. It would be entirely the reverse of all their former pro-ceedings and faith. The leaders are always counseling the people against mixing up and dealing with outsiders. They seen to fear what they call Gentiles, and well they may, for they have received so much injustice at their hands that the less they can have to do with them the better. And that is on; reason why they are moving to Arizona and New Mexico.
So many outsiders have moved into Salt Lake City and the surrounding settlements that the Mormons are anxious to get away from them and their corruptions. They pre-fer to dwell with the untutored savage nther than with those who are continually striving to stir up strife, jealousy and discord. The main object of the outsiders in the Terriory is to get the Mormon's possessions. The Mormons came to the Territory and found it a barren desert; they have endured every hard-ship and privation that humanity is capable of, and they have made the desert bud and blossom like the rose; and now, when they have reared themselves comfortable homes, their enemies have again become envious of their prosperity.
But, judging from appearances, the Mor-mons intend to baffle their persecutors by moving away, and thus improve the chance while they have an opportunity of disposing of their property, so as to deprive their ene-mies of the fulfillment of their covetous ex-pectations.
The Ring business is all a hoax, set afloat for the sole purpose of frustrating the Mor-mons in their proposed move.